Improvement in portable field-fence



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

MANL-EY HALL, OF RIOHFIELD, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FIELD-FENCE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MANLEY HALL, of Richfield, in the county ot Summitand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ina Portable Field-Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and complete description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a plan view of the felice. Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in the views.

My improvement relates to the construction of a field-fence for farmuses that can be portable or permanent, as circumstances may require.

A B O are panels or sections of the fence, made of boards or strips e ofplank secured in a horizontal position to vertical pieces or posts D ateach end. One of the posts is placed in Jfrom the ends of the horizontalpieces e, so that the ends project, as at F, while the post at the otherend is dush with the ends, as represen ted. The sections of the fencethus constructed are brought together, the end ot' the section that thepost is flush with the end is placed against the end of another sectionthat the ends project, the post being placed in the angle formed by thepost and projecting ends ot` the other section, as shown in Fig. l, andso on for any number of sections, aecordin g to the length of the fence,the iiush end of one section fitting into the angle formed by theprojecting ends and post of another. The sections of the fence are thusplaced at right angles with each other, and they are locked or securedin that position by pieces G G, having a hole in each end, put acrossthe corner or angle on the inside,

as shown in the gures, resting on the second and lower rails of thefence, as seen in Fig. 2.

Stakes d are then put through the ends ot the cross-pieces Gto theground, the holes being outside of the angle of the fence. When thefence is placed in the desired position the sections are adj usted orthe angles pushed outward, Which brings the cross-pieces G near theposts in the corners, the projecting ends ot the bars resting againstthe post, and thepost in the angle of the post and ends of' the othersection, as before described, which prevents the fence from fallinginward, while the crosspieees G and stakes hold them from fallingoutward. The greater the outward pressure against the angle ot' thefence the stronger and more lirm will the connection become, for thespreading of the angle ot the fence causes the lock or pieces G to drawtoward the corners. The whole fence, therefore, in this Way becomesselt'supportin g and bracing.

The stakes l may or may not be driven into the ground.

When it is required to remove the fence from one place to another thefence can be taken down, several sections together, and folded up fortransportation. This is easily done by withdrawing the stakes more orless from the erosspieces G, as may be required in folding the sectionstogether.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The arrangement otl the panels or sections A B O and posts D, soconnected to said sections as to lock them together, in Acombina-- tionwith the cross-pieces G and stakes d, in the manner and for the purposeset forth.

Witnesses: MANLEY HALL.

W. H. BUERIDGE, A. W. MGOLELLAND.

